Rail Data Review Details

Title:	Modelling the British Rail Era
Author:	Ian Fleming, Steve Flint, Ken Gibbons and Jeff Taylor
Publisher:	Santona Publications, Hull
Format:	Book
Subject:	Railways
Category:	Modelling
Spec:	11in x 8in, 96 pages, card covers, numerous photos (B&W and colour) and diagrams. ISBN: 0-9507960-8-5
Publication date:	2001
Summary:	Although focusing on railway modelling, this book has some information about freight trains and terminals, and some excellent wagon drawings.
Review:	This 96-page, card-covered book is well illustrated, mainly in colour. It attempts to provide an introductory guide to modelling modern BR, covering prototype information, methods and available models. A large part of the book is given over to freight trains, with photographs and drawings relating to the wagons and terminals used on various flows. Possibly the best feature are the 6 highly-detailed wagon drawings by Colin Craig, covering bogie ferry vans, coal container wagons, traditional grain hoppers, alumina/lime hoppers, PRA china clay wagons and Chlorine tanks. These are almost worth the £14.95 cover price themselves. Also of interest are the layout plans which suggest ways of incorporating various freight terminals within a realisable floorspace.
Reviewed:	18/05/2013 by Thomas Young (Comments made by others can appear in the notes section towards the bottom of this page)
Sample pages:	(Click on any image to view full-sized in a new window) The front cover. A lot of prototype information is featured, one chapter being devoted to the major changes to UK rail freight in the 1965-1995 period. Several excellent wagon drawings (by Colin Craig) are included, reproduced at 1:76.2.
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